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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from H1

This was an ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day

southern Egypt and northern Sudan

$100 Answer from H1

What was Nubia?

$200 Question from H1

This was a large waterfall; any strong

flood or rush of water.

$200 Answer from H1

What is a cataract?

$300 Question from H1

This is a plain at the mouth of a river formed

when sediment is deposited by flowing

water.

$300 Answer from H1

What is a delta?

$400 Question from H1

This was the title of ancient Egyptian

kings.

$400 Answer from H1

What is pharaoh?

$500 Question from H1

This is a series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group.

$500 Answer from H1

What is dynasty?

$100 Question from H2

This is the river that flows through

Egypt.

$100 Answer from H2

What is the Nile River?

$200 Question from H2

The sources of the Nile River are the Blue Nile

and the White Nile while the mouth is in

the sea.

$200 Answer from H2

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

$300 Question from H2

This type of landform surrounds

Egypt.

$300 Answer from H2

What is a desert?

$400 Question from H2

This is a fine soil found on river bottoms that

was brought to Egypt by the Nile River each

spring.

$400 Answer from H2

What is silt?

$500 Question from H2

The Nile River flowed in this

direction.

$500 Answer from H2

What is north?

$100 Question from H3

This was the title of the ruler of ancient Egypt.

$100 Answer from H3

What was pharaoh?

$200 Question from H3

According to legend, Egypt’s first dynasty began when this king

unified upper and lower Egypt.

$200 Answer from H3

Who was Menes?

$300 Question from H3

Ancient Egyptians believed the pharaoh

was the earthly form of this god who was the

falcon god.

$300 Answer from H3

Who was Horus?

$400 Question from H3

The pharaoh had this kind of

power over the Egyptian people.

$400 Answer from H3

What was absolute power?

$500 Question from H3

The rule of this female pharaoh, the stepmother of Thutmose III, was good for Egypt because she created

peace and economic success in Egypt.

$500 Answer from H3

Who was Hatshepsut?

$100 Question from H4

This was the chief god of ancient Egypt.

$100 Answer from H4

Who was Amon-Re?

$200 Question from H4

This powerful god was

the god of theliving and the dead.

$200 Answer from H4

Who was Osiris?

$300 Question from H4

This goddess was worshipped as thegreat mother who

protected her children.

$300 Answer from H4

Who was Isis?

$400 Question from H4

When pharaohs died, their bodies were

preparedfor burial in this way.

$400 Answer from H4

They were mummified

$500 Question from H4

The dead were buried with their possessions because the Egyptians believed the

bodies needed them to survive here.

$500 Answer from H4

What was the afterlife?

$100 Question from H5

The largest social class in ancient Egypt was this

group of people who performed all types of

labor.

$100 Answer from H5

What were the peasants?

$200 Question from H5

This small class of people were

prisoners captured in war.

$200 Answer from H5

Who were slaves?

$300 Question from H5

This group of people could own land, run businesses,

and enter into legal contracts. They were

considered models of Isis.

$300 Answer from H5

Who were women?

$400 Question from H5

These picturelike symbols began to be used because the Egyptians needed a way to keep track of the

empire’s growing wealth.

$400 Answer from H5

What are hieorglyphs?

$500 Question from H5

Because they wanted to know when the waters of the Nile would flood, the

Egyptians figured out the length of this.

$500 Answer from H5

What is a year?

Final Jeopardy

Which three Nubian cultures

were located south of Egypt?

Final Jeopardy Answer

What were Kerma, Napata, and

Meroë?